- Date posted
- 3y ago
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I saw that too. It really sucked to read. Let’s use it as exposure and not perform mental compulsions like checking and testing. Just say, “ok. I read this triggering post. It made me afraid and uncomfortable, but I’m not going to pay attention or assign meaning to my intrusive thoughts.” That’s what I’m going to try to do.
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- 3y ago
yeah I think it’s the best we can do. But still, this made me question everything. Like, so even if I have hocd I can turn out to be gay? I’m so scared
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@strawberry ice cream I know. I feel the same way. I like to focus on the fact that I’m in control of what kind of life I live and that thoughts are just thoughts and can’t control my life.
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- 3y ago
hey! i know that was super triggering for some people but we have to remember we don’t know them at all. there could be so much behind all of that, that we don’t know about. also, it’s all about uncertainty you never know what can happen which again i know is super triggering but it’s the truth. and you can’t really just turn gay if you identified as straight before you knew you had ocd then that never changes.
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- 3y ago
If who your talking about is blade, then don’t listen to him at all, he’s says he’s gay one day, and then he says that he’s just confused, and then he keeps repeating this off and on, he’s had multiple people get mad at him for this and quite honestly it’s annoying, so don’t take what he says as serious
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- 3y ago
@Ope Was it this blade guy? I’m sure I seen him do similar things on other boards..
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- 3y ago
@Ope He’s annoying, he’s notorious for saying he’s gay one day, and then saying how he doesn’t know and needs help, again plz don’t believe anything he says, he’s really annoying
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- 3y ago
@Ope my advice would be to not read trigger warning posts or maybe not have the app to read what other people say. i can see it really triggered you and i would stop looking at what people say because it’s just going to get you more stuck and confused.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@Ope Who was is that posted?
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@Hocd Warrior Yes, I have seen him do this as well. This might be a compulsion for him.
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- 3y ago
Was he the same guy who did this a few weeks ago and started pushing some really sketchy form of therapy?
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- 3y ago
His name was listed at Anonymous, he just said he was told hocd means you can’t be gay and after 15 years he realized that the therapist made him in denial. Extremely extremely triggering
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- 3y ago
@Justmesadly I'd say that if he's posting a lot then that's probably a compulsion and good evidence that he's still very uncertain and looking for uncertainty lol
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- 3y ago
Use it as exposure. Ruminating on “is it hocd or am I gay?” is such a huge compulsion. So this is great exposure to the idea that “maybe I have hocd and I am also gay!” Just make sure you don’t ruminate on it. Avoid compulsions and avoid the urge to need to know everything about this person’s situation and avoid making it mean something about you!
- Date posted
- 3y ago
It could be fake too, some people are trolls and could just try to trigger you
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- 3y ago
That's true too. I seen a few people say stupid shit like thay
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- 3y ago
Thats just their experience, their experience is personal to them, has nothing to do with you. But use what you read as an exposure, its literally the perfect exposure because it has caused you a tremendous amount of anxiety. Say to yourself "that sucks that he suffered so long, but it is good that he found his true self." Be happy for him, and maybe even add in "maybe that would be me after ERP, maybe I'd find out I was a lesbian after all of this time. and it'd be okay." Once you show your OCD youre not afraid of the thoughts, you'll feel so much more in control. Not trying to trigger you more, but yes, you can end up being the thing you fear. But use that as an exposure! If something causes you fear, lean into it. Its the only way to overcome your stuff. Good luck!:)
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- 3y ago
I saw it. I’m so scared. I don’t wanna be gay too but what if I am?? Does it mean my obsession can be true?
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- 3y ago
@Ope I think the person deleted it
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- 3y ago
@Ope it was someone saying they realized they were gay after therapy and they were mad bc the therapists said that they couldn’t be gay with hocd. But since he found out he is, he is now mad ab the position he was in
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- 3y ago
@strawberry ice cream Theres not a lot of context on that person. So i would disregard that
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- 3y ago
@PaperTigerOCD What do you mean a lot of context?
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- 3y ago
@PaperTigerOCD that’s true. But the fact that they said they have hocd and discovered they are gay is rlly triggering. What if all I’m obsessing and fearing is actually true?
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@strawberry ice cream I think if you were really gay you wouldn’t be obsessing over it. It’s literally on my mind all the time, which is how I know it’s intrusive thoughts and ocd. This is reassurance though so we have to stay away from dwelling on this.
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- 3y ago
@strawberry ice cream No that man isn’t gay, I know who your talking about it’s blade, he’s refused to accept the uncertainty and keeps saying he’s confused, and then the next day that he’s gay, and then says he’s confused again, don’t listen to him
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Was it on NOCD? Not everyone going thru OCD means all of a sudden they are gay.
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- 19w ago
I feel so sad, alone, scared and hopeless. Until two months ago there was not even the remote possibility of being anything other than heterosexual and now the idea that I could find out that I was lesbian or bisexual terrifies me to death. Everything was born from the fact that I didn't feel sexual desire towards my ex-boyfriend and I started to be afraid that it was because I was a lesbian... how can I be a lesbian or bisexual if everything was born from this? I would like to run away from myself and my head. I would really like to go back and go back to my life before. I can't take it anymore. I just want to live my life like before
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- 16w ago
I feel awful that I keep coming on here whenever I’m down bad but oh my gosh OCD is the most painful shit that I have EVER experienced in my life and I have a physical chronic illness…. I hate to say it but I hate living right now it’s too painful… im crying as I type to the point where my stomach is hurting, I have pretty severe ocd I do have generalized anxiety and idk if that is connected with ocd but because of that I have most of the subtypes REAL EVENT OCD,POCD,ZOCD,ROCD,SOCD HARM OCD, you name it and I got it!!! a lot of also why I have have those theme is trauma growing up and involving those things^ as of right now i’m 25 and a women with the most loving boyfriend in the entire world before my ocd hit me I NEVER questioned my love and care and attraction with the love of my life I always knew I was going to marry and be with this person the rest of my life! Now with ocd it confuses me soooo much and now I think I’m gay and didn’t realize or indenial and listen I get it “don’t look for reassurance!” “It’s not the thing ocd is attacking that is the problem ocd is the actual problem!” Here’s the thing with that if I’m in a relationship and I’m gay that would mean I would have to leave that said relationship and to say that “oh yeah that stuff happens and you’ll move on” is absolutely devastating to me this is THE LOVE OF MY LIFE and your telling me that iv been lying to myself this whole time or that I didn’t realize?!?!? And that sexuality can change (even though some say it can’t google says otherwise and some people have said it can’t idek anymore) and all this other BULLSHIT I can’t take it WHY?!?! why does this have to happen why can’t I just be with my love the rest of my life?!? and yes before anyone says anything I have been attracted to girls more so when I was younger watching lesbian porn liking the body’s and fantazing them sexually it stopped when I got older but I still don’t get disgusted with women who are pretty it just makes me uncomfortable because I’m with the love of my life and before I remember talking to my partner and discussing certain childhood things I experienced and we discussed that we both could be a little bi and for certain I’m (demi sexual so I don’t even really care about looks) and I truly didn’t care!! NOW I do care even with being bi because again I don’t like thinking about anyone else but my partner but I do also know my parents are homophobic and I do think about if I am gay they wouldn’t be okay with that and I also dont want to deal with that so now I sound like in indenial right?!???? I didn’t even care about labels before my ocd it just didn’t matter but now it’s effected my sex life and it’s hard for me to enjoy sex with being so confused I’m so confused I googled everything can you still have sexual fantasies with same gender but still be straight? Can you fantasize about same gender or imagine marrying them all of it !!! And non of that disgusts me it just makes me uncomfortable AGIAN only bc I just love the partner I’m with right now!!! I’m so fucking confused do I have to leave my partner and accept that I’m gay is that going to happen in the future if I get better with ocd and find out it’s been true all along?!???
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- 8w ago
I cant afford therapy which is why i’m not diagnosed with ocd. The first time i had heard what ocd was truly abt was 6 years ago when i overthinking my sexual identity and it fit. Additionally, i struggle with debilitating health anxiety and when i was in a rlt i was extremely anxious that i might not love my partner. This is the third year i experience distress around my sexuality but this year it feels real. And it could also explain my rlt anxiety. Comphet is a concept that really scares me. I dont want to be with a girl. I would rather die than discover i was lesbian. I cant accept uncertainty cz i dont want to be homosexual. Chat GPT told me it wasnt ocd + the thoughts dont distress me anymore. I experience 3 intense weeks of anxiety prior to now. Maybe its internalized homophobia. Maybe its comphet. I do find women to be attractive but i dont wanna be with them. Maybe i’m in denial. Idk anything anymore. I’m remembering times where i would find an actress attractive and try to shift my focus towards the man cz it would make me anxious. I’m not well at all.
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